Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders, Second Edition

April 14, 2008

Chapter 7. Electronic Crime and Digital Evidence Considerations by Crime Category

Section 13 — Telecommunications Fraud

Potential digital evidence in telecommunication fraud investigations includes:

• Computers.
• Handheld mobile devices.
• Removable media.
• External data storage devices.
• Phone programming software and cables.
• Multiple mobile phones.
• Subscriber identity module (SIM) card reader.
• Hacker boxes and cables.
• Lists of customer database records.
• Stolen telephones.
• Printed e-mail, notes, and letters.
• Financial asset records.
• Information regarding Internet activity.
• Telephone programming manuals.
• Erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) burner.